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H. HEFFNER SLED Filed May 18. 1923 2 Sheets-Shae?- l INVENTDR A ar/yeff/z e2 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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RNVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented July 8, 1924 HARRY HEFFNER, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO.

SLED.

Application filed May 18, 1923.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY HEFFNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinventednew and useful Improvements in Sleds, of which the following isa specification.

My present invention has reference to an amusement device for children,the same being in the nature of a sled which has fixedly attached to theseat board thereof a pair of rear runners and which is provided belowand adjacent to the front of the seat board with a single runner havinga staff or handle journaled in bearings of a particular and peculiarconstruction secured to both the upper and lower faces of the board,said handle having at its upper end an op.-

erating wheel, while secured to the underface of the said board arelateral extensions that provide rests for the feet of the user.

'A further object is to produce a sled in which a pair of rear runnersare fixed to the seat board by a metal frame of a particular andpeculiar construction, said runners being formed of wood 'but being shodwith metal, and the said metal being substantially V-shaped in crosssection, while arranged be low the foot board and centrally with respectto the rear runners there is a single runner of wood shod in a mannersimilar to that of the rear runners, a handle or staff passing throughthe board and being connected to bearings of a particular and pe culiarconstruction upon both the top. and bottom of the said board to hold thesame at a desired angle, said handle being removably secured to thefront runner, the device being provided with rests for the feet of theuser as well as with means for locking the handle or shaft from turningas when the sled is tobe hitched to a similar vehicle. To the attainmentof the foregoing and other objects which will present themselves as thenature of the invention is better un derstood, reference is to be had tothe draw- Serial No. 639,979.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 ofFlgure 4;.

Flgures 6 and 7 are perspective views of the castings providing bearingsfor the han- Secured to the under faceof the body, at

the seat portion thereof there are rightangularly arranged metal plates2 and 3 re spectively. The transversely disposed plates 2 have theirends bent at downwardand outward angles, providing arms t, the ends ofthe said arms being offset and let in trans-' verse notches in the upperedges of the rear runners 5. The rear runners are connected together byspaced bars 6. The longitudinal plate 3 has its ends bent at downwardand outward angles to provide a rear arm 7 and a forward arm 8. Both ofthese arms have their ends bent angularly in opposite directions and letin notches and secured to the brace members 6. v The forward arm 8 iscontinued at an upward and outward angle from its connection with theforward brace 6, having an angle end which underlies and which issecured to the under face of the board 1. by means 9. The rear runnersand the spacing bars therefor are constructed of wood, but the saidrunners are shod with metal. The shoes 10 have inner flat faces, buttheir outer faces are thickest at the center thereof and graduallydecrease in thickness to feather edges so that the said shoes aresubstantially V-shaped in cross section.- This is an important featureof the invention as the pointed central portions of the runners engagingthe icy ground surface will prevent the lateral movement or skidding ofthe sled.

The rear runners have their outer lower corners rounded and their innercorners arranged at an upward inclination, as clearly disclosed by thedrawings.

The front runner, which is disposed centrally between the rear runnersis indicated by the numeral 11. This runner has its lower edge struck-ata curvature from its front to its rear and both its front and rear arerounded. The front runner has a metal shoe 12 of a similar constructionto the shoes 10. The front runner is removably secured to the lower andbifurcated end of a steering post 13. The securing means 14: between thepost and runner are preferably in the nature of removable elements. Thepost may be and is preferably formed of wood. On its under face andsurrounding a central opening in'the body at the forward end thereofthere is secured a casting 15. The casting comprises a body member whichis round in plan having laterally extending ears through which thesecuring means pass that sustain the same on the board 1. The casting isprovided with an outstanding peripheral flange, and thebody of thecasting gradually decreases in thickness from its inner to its outer endso that the said body is disposed at an angle with respect to the planeof the board 1. Received in the flange of the casting 15 there is a disk16. This disk has a central opening that registers with an opening inthe body of the casting l5, and in a line with said opening is providedwith opposed cross sectionally rounded lugs 17. The post 13 passesthrough the openings in the disk and in the casting, and is secured tothe disk by removable means 18 that pass through the lugs 17 of the saiddisk. 7

On its upper face, and disposed opposite the casting 15 there issecured'to the board 1 a second castin 19 of a construction similar tothe casting 17 and which has, its body por tion gradually decreasing inthickness from its outer to its inner end. In the flanged pe riphery 20of the casting 19 there is a disk 21, the said disk having a centralopening that registers with a similar opening in the body of the casting19. In a line with the opposed walls provided by the opening in the diskthere are outstanding lugs 22. The

post passes through the openings in the casting 19 and disk 21 and isconnected to the disk by removable means 23 that pass through the lugs22. The post has on its upper end a hand wheel 24. Between the disks andcastings there may be anti-frictionalv balls 25, and also one or both ofthe disks may be and preferably is formed with an upwardly extendingfinger 26 to be received in an arcuate slot 27 in one or both of thecastings whereby to limit the turning of the post with its bearings.The, finger 26 may be and preferablyis removable. The upper disk 21 isprovided with anopening 28,ad apted to register with a similar opening29 in the body of the casting 20 when the post is turned to'one positionand the front runner is arranged in a plane directly centrally of therear runners. there is supported by a flexible element 31 a pin 32, andthis pin is designed to be passed On the post through the registeringopenings in the disk and casting for locking the post from turning, andconsequently locking the frontv or steering runner from likewiseturning. The

' front runner is locked to the sled body when the device is designed tobe propelled by an:

other sled or other vehicle, and to accom-- 36 have their ends bentupwardly, as at 87. The portions 36 provide rests for the feet of theuser of the sled.

The bearings through, which the post passes arrangethe said'post at aninward inclination so that the hand wheel thereon may be convenientlygripped by the operator.

It is thought that the foregoing descrip tion, when taken in connectionwith the drawings will fully set forth the construction and advantagesof the improvement, but it is to be understood that I do not desire tobe limited to the precise structural details herein set forth as'I holdmyself entitled to such changes therefrom as fall within the scope of myclaims without departing from the spirit thereof.

It is, of course, obvious that in lieu of the hand wheel a laterallyextending rod may be passed through the post, and also that the post maybe constructed of either wood or metal.

'I-Iaving described the invention,'I claim: 1. A. sled comprising a bodyboard, a frame formed of metal straps arranged rightangularly withrespect to each other,

between the first mentioned runners andv forward thereof, saidforwardrunner havinga curved surface engaging edge, cross sectlonallyV.-shaped metal shoes on all of the runners, a post removably securedto.7

the forward runnerpassing through bearcomprising castings havingoppositely beveled body portions, disks in the castings havmg-lugstowhich the post is secured and whereby the post is arranged at an anglewith respect to the body'board, and an operating wheelfor the-po-st.

2. A sled comprising a body board, a frame formed of metal strapsarranged rightangularly with respectto "each other ings in the bodyboard, said'bearings. each secured to the board and having downward 1ydirected angle ends, spaced connected runners to which the ends of theframe are secured, the ends of one of the frame members being continuedand connected approximately centrally to the body, a forward runnernormally disposed centrally between the rear runners having a curvedsurface engaging edge, cross sectionally V- shaped metal shoes on all ofthe runners, a post removably secured to the forward runner passingthrough bearings in the body board, said bearings each comprisingcastings having oppositely beveled body portions, disks in the castingshaving lugs to which the post is secured and whereby the post isarranged at an angle with respect to the body board, anti-frictionalmeans between the bearing elements, foot rests on the body board, and asteering wheel on the 0st. p 3. A sled comprising a body board, a frameformed of metal straps arranged rightangularly with respect to eachother secured to the board and having downward- 1y directed angle ends,spaced connected runners to which the ends of the frame are secured, theends of one of the frame members being continued and connectedapproximately centrally to the body, a forward runner normally disposedcentrally between the rear runners having a curved surface engagingedge, cross sectionally V-shaped metal shoes on all of the runners, apost removably secured to the forward runner passing through bearings inthe body board, said bearings each comprising castings having oppositelybeveled body portions, disks in the castings having lugs to which thepost is secured and whereby the post is arranged at an angle withrespect to the body board, means limiting the turning of the outerbearing elements, means for locking the inner and outer elements fromturning one on the other, foot rests extending laterally from the bodyboard, and an operating wheel for the post.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRY HEFFNER.

